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BSAN Meeting Minutes, November 2015 Thirty eight people were present at the Morganton Community House on Friday, November 20, 2015 for this 7:30am breakfast meeting. Burke Recovery board president Chuck Moseley offered the invocation. Joe Marks, Community Relations Director for Burke Recovery, welcomed the group and introduced Rhonda Cook for some BSAN announcements. Grub Grab…

Please note that these meeting notes include a proposed revision to the BSAN mission statement. We appreciate questions and input about, and support for this change by BSAN members. Please also note that due the upcoming holidays, the November and December BSAN meetings will be held a week earlier. The next two meetings will be held…

On Monday, November 9 from 5:30-7pm, The Parents Inspire Prevention Series presents “How to Talk to Your Teens & Pre-Teens About Underage Drinking & Drug Use.” This free educational event will be held at Patton High School. A separate meeting for teens and pre-teens will be held at the same time in another room. Pizza…

17th Annual Carolinas Conference on Addiction and Recovery will be held at First United Methodist Church in Morganton, NC November 2-6, 2015 Hosted by Burke Recovery Presented by Addiction Recovery Institute and South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Services Click HERE for partial listing on special speakers, links to more speaker details, and registration…

Burke County Public Schools will be sponsoring a Social Media Awareness program for parents during the month of October. Susan Wind, cyber crime consultant, from Mooresville will be coming to our county on Oct. 15th at Patton High (for western end families) and Oct. 29th at Draughn High (for eastern end families) from 6:00-7:30pm. Parents with students of all ages…

BSAN Meeting Minutes, September 2015 Fifty people were present at the Morganton Community House on Friday, September 25, 2015 for this 7:30am breakfast meeting. Burke Recovery Board member Joshua Singleton offered the invocation. Joe Marks of Burke Recovery welcomed the group and began the meeting by welcoming the new United Way of Burke County, Chasity…

When Sean Speaks Presentation at Freedom High School, Monday, Sept 14, 2015, by Rhonda Cook for BSAN Sean Carter and his mom, Jenny, came to Morganton on September 14 and 15, 2015 with a powerful message about circumstances and choices that Sean made that placed him in a wheelchair unable to talk or walk. The “When Sean…

BSAN Meeting Minutes, August 2015 September Recovery Month The September BSAN meeting will include a special panel presentation in honor of National Recovery Month. The panel will include members from the local recovery community as they share their personal stories, information about area recovery fellowships, and how being part of a recovery oriented community of…